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Protests in Brazil's 2 biggest cities against acting leader
Topic Started: May 23 2016, 07:46 AM (1,159 Views)
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It's like War in US Foreign Policy, Robert... :cool:
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Brazil's government has sprung a leak, and a flood of secrets is gushing out
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There’s a saying in Brazil: “Even the past is unpredictable.”

It seems particularly apt in the wake of leaked audio recordings that point to ulterior motives for the recent impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff and that have already forced the resignations of two members of the new Cabinet.

Congress voted to put Rousseff on trial on charges that she shifted funds to cover holes in the national budget. The recordings — made before she was booted from office — bolster the suspicions of many Brazilians that her impeachment was both a power grab by political opponents and an effort to stop widespread corruption investigations that targeted them.
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It's not only political elites who have been secretly recorded.

Renan Antonio Ferreira dos Santos, a leader of the Free Brazil Movement, a group of young activists promoting free-market economic policies, was caught discussing how the group received support from political parties to promote pro-impeachment rallies. The source of the recording was unclear.
(See here, too)
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Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff participates in the presentation of a book addressing her impeachment process, "Resistance to the Coup of 2016," in Brasilia, the capital, on May 30, 2016. (Cadu Gomes / European Pressphoto Agency)

Rousseff Defense Uses New Brazil Leaks Evidence to Fight Coup
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The over 370-page defense papers cited recent and shocking wiretaps as evidence that the impeachment bid was motivated by political vengeance.
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Suspended President Dilma Rousseff waves during the launch ceremony of the book "Resistance to the 2016 Coup," in Brasilia, May 30, 2016. | Photo: Reuters

Brazil protesters, police clash outside presidency office
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SAO PAULO (AP) — Militants of Brazil's Homeless Workers Movement protesting cuts in low-income housing projects have clashed with police in front of the presidency's regional office in Sao Paulo.
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A demonstrator belonging to the Homeless Workers Movement is detained by the police during a protest in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. The movement organized the protest against acting President Michel Temer and in support of suspended President Dilma Rousseff. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Brazilian Senators Regret Voting for Rousseff Impeachment
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The two-thirds majority required to permanently oust President Rousseff from power may not be so easy to obtain.
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Senator Romario speaks during the session debating the vote for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia, May 11, 2016. | Photo: Reuters

Credibility of Brazil’s Interim President Collapses as He Receives 8-Year Ban on Running for Office
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Glenn Greenwald
June 3 2016, 9:14 a.m.
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Temer Blunders Are Rousseff’s Hope Back to Brazil Presidency
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When Dilma Rousseff stood down as Brazil’s president last month to face an impeachment trial, it looked all but certain she wouldn’t come back. Yet a series of setbacks for her interim replacement, Michel Temer, may win her the few votes she needs to return to office.

In less than a month, Temer lost two ministers over recordings suggesting they sought to interfere in a corruption probe, was criticized for appointing a cabinet without women and had to backtrack on scaling down the Ministry of Culture. All that plays into Rousseff’s thesis that Temer wants to downsize government and oust her to protect his allies from the graft probe.
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A demonstrator of the Homeless Workers Movement is detained by the police during a protest in Sao Paulo last Wednesday.
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